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I'd do what I'm doing now but I'd be helping hospitals and schools instead of companies.
I feel the same about my job. I love what I do, I just wish it was targeted towards helping my community rather than generating profits for rich capitalists
What's stopping you? Academia is in dire need of software/computer engineering researchers.
I am forced to pick one thing and one thing only, so I picked the thing that gives me the best balance (between pay, enjoyment, working conditions, mobility, etc) and academia wasn't it. Notice how most of these factors are purely capitalistic